QUOTE:"You will be investigating thieves, misers, and bullies. The most detestable collection of people that you will ever meet - my family."

"I can't find any record of her and I'm pretty good at that kind of thing."
"She's had a rough life. Can we please not make it any rougher?"

"Hi. You and I need to talk. I got us some breakfast. ....I'm sorry, I didn't realize you had some company."
"Hey. Hey! Who do you think you are?"
"I'm the guy you know better than my closest friends do. Why don't you put some clothes on, get rid of your girlfriend. We need to talk."

"I guess I must have alarmed you, turning up like that."
"If you touch me, I'll more than alarm you."
"That won't be necessary. Your report, very detailed. But for me, it wasn't very entertaining."
"It wasn't meant to be."
"When I write about people, I try to entertain the reader."
"Wennerstrom wasn't entertained much."
"Your boss, Armansky, he tells me you only do jobs that interest you. So I suppose I should be flattered. You gonna sit down? He also says that you're the one he goes to when the job is sensitive. ...That's the word he used “Sensitive”. I'm gonna use illegal. Because that's what it was when you hacked into my computer. I'm not gonna do anything about that. I could, but I won't. What I'm gonna do is tell you a story, and if it entertains you, maybe you'll decide to help me research further. And if not, I'll do the washing up, and you'll never see me again. Here, you should eat that."
"What kind of research?"
"Lisbeth. Oh, can I call you Lisbeth? I want you to help me catch a killer of women."

"How come a 23-year-old can be a ward of the state?"
"I'm mentally incompetent and can't manage daily life."
"Since when have they said that?"
"Since I was twelve."
"Something happened when you were twelve? Uh... I'm sorry, That's none of my business."
"I tried to kill my father. I burned him alive. Got about 80 percent of him."
"Ow..."
"I'll make some coffee."